Creep

I don't like that word--creep. It's like how I don't like the word "awkward." Somehow it's a negative attribute to be different in matters of social convention. And creep is just one step further. It's someone who tries to approach others in their own weird manner. Someone who is socially ept, who approaches others, he's gregarious. But when someone is awkward, they become this very negative connotationed creep?

It's awful. Creep, or awkward--anytime I hear anyone talk about anyone in those ways I just want to punch them. It's not just jealously. It's a bit of jealousy, I guess, but it's also the whole "weird is bad" thing. By extension, it's the negative sanctioning of bad behavior by not being friends with these "creeps". Done en masse, it's spoiling anyone's happiness for not following social conventions. I don't like it.